Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes
Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes | |
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Type | Single-grade order |
Awarded for | Defending principles of democracy, human rights and freedom during the Euromaidan-protests |
Presented by | Ukraine |
Motto | Freedom and Dignity |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 1 July 2014 |
First awarded | 27 November 2014 |
Total | 4 |
Total awarded posthumously | 4 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky |
Next (lower) | Order For Courage |
The Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes (Template:Lang-uk) is an order of Ukraine presented for civil courage, patriotism and the defense of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedom; humanitarian, social and charitable activities; selfless service to the Ukrainian people during the Euromaidan-protests; as well as any events related to the protection of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.[1][2][3]
Background
The name "Heaven's Hundred" refers to the participants killed during Euromaidan.[4]
The order was established on 1 July 2014 when the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) adopted the Law "On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine "On National Awards of Ukraine".[5] On 26 June 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko first proposed to parliament to amend the law on government awards by introducing the Order of the Heroes of the Heaven's Hundred.[6]
Appearance
A nationwide contest for the best design of the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven was won by Taras Wozniak and Konstantina Kovalyshyn from Lviv.[7][8]
Recipients
On 27 November 2014, the three non-Ukrainian citizens killed in the Euromaidan events were each posthumously awarded the title Knight of the Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes.[9]
- Belarus — Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi (26 January 1988 – 22 January 2014), shot in the heart
- Georgia — Zurab Khurtsia (29 July 1960 – 18 February 2014), died of heart attack during demonstrations in Independence Square
- Georgia — David Kipiani (28 June 1980 – 21 February 2014), shot twice
On 16 February 2018, Taras Bilchuk was posthumously awarded the title Knight of the Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes.[10]
- Ukraine — Taras Bilchuk (1960 – 14 August 2017)
See also
References
- ^ Parliament supported President’s initiative on the establishment of order of Heroes of Nebesna Sotnya // Official web-site of the President of Ukraine, 01.07.2014
- ^ The VR has established an order of "Heroes of Heavenly hundred", NovostiMira (1 July 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) The Council established the Order of Heroes Hundreds of Heaven, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 July 2014)
- ^ The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine established the order of the Characters hundreds of Heaven, news.rin.ru (1 July 2014)
- ^ The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On National Awards of Ukraine” (re establishing the order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes), Verkhovna Rada (1 July 2014)
- ^ Poroshenko asks Rada to introduce Order of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred, Kyiv Post (26 June 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Winners of the All-Ukrainian contest sketch of the Order of Heroes Hundreds of Heaven - the press service of the Ministry of Culture., uapress (5 August 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) The Rada established the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven, Vysoky Zamok (newspaper) (1 July 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Президент нагородив орденами Героїв Небесної Сотні трьох іноземців, які загинули під час Революції Гідності // Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Тарас Більчук був надзвичайно світлою людиною — Президент вручив орден Героїв Небесної Сотні доньці активіста // Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України, 18 лютого 2018 р.